Now is the last chance to enter county awards
The deadline for entering this year’s Bedfordshire Business Excellence Awards is Friday (September 6).Already companies from across the Luton and Dunstable area have put their entries in but the...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Another expensive banking facelift – any chance of getting our...
Let me get this straight, just in case I have got the wrong end of the stick. Shopfitters have been on double time over the past few days, transforming more than 600 High Street branches of the Lloyds...
View Article‘Cowardly and violent’ attack on woman, 94, in own home
A 94-year-old woman was punched, kicked, stamped on and robbed in her Studley Road home yesterday morning. The lady answered the front door at about 9.30am to a visitor she thought was her next door...
View ArticleHunt for hit-and-run lorry driver
A 15-year-old cyclist was left with a broken arm and chipped collar bone after a collision with a lorry on Monday.The driver failed to stop after the collision at about 7pm at the junction of Crawley...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: Rush revs up to take the flag in a crowded field
In a busy week for new releases there’s no question about which film will be first off the grid – Rush is aiming to race to box office success with plenty of hype and hoo-ha in the tank.Ron Howard is...
View ArticleJoin the sisterhood
Women into Work, Education and Business meets twice a month to encourage, inspire and support women.There’s a contribution fee of £5 and the next event is at 6pm on Tuesday, September 24 at GT House,...
View ArticleFear for cat’s life after yob attack
A couple from Luton fear their 14-month-old cat may have to eventually be put to sleep after it was attacked by yobs on Tuesday (September 3).Kieran Jones and wife Carley noticed their pet moggy Indy...
View ArticleSchool bus bombshell as services get the axe
Cash-strapped parents face making their children change schools as the council cancels religious primary schools’ bus services at the end of term. A worried single mum-of- two, who does not wish to be...
View ArticleMan exposed himself to pensioners
A flasher who exposed himself to two pensioners in Barton is being sought by police. A 66-year-old woman was walking towards the Co-Op shop in Bedford Road at 11.30am on Tuesday when a man crossed the...
View ArticleFire in living room of flat
Fire crews were called to a blaze in Chapel View Flats in Chapel Street yesterday.There was a fire in a second floor flat in the living room area of the home.Two fire engines from Luton and one from...
View ArticleVIDEO: Library campaigners protest outside Town Hall
Protestors gathered outside Luton Town Hall to campaign against the closure of libraries on Tuesday. Petitions signed by hundreds of residents to save Wigmore Library and Sundon Park Library, which...
View ArticleMore shots fired in Luton
Gunshots were fired in the Littlechurch Road and Hallwicks Road area of Luton last night. Witnesses describe hearing gunshots and seeing a number of men chasing each other before making off on foot and...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in collision with van
A man from Luton was killed in a road traffic collision in Harpenden on Tuesday.The 46-year-old suffered fatal injuries when his motorbike collided with a blue Ford Transit van. The van was emerging...
View ArticleSchoolgirl stabbed in attempted robbery
A 14-year-old girl was stabbed in an attempted robbery in an alley between Arrow Close and Axe Close on Sunday.The victim was approached by a ‘skinny’ boy who demanded her phone. When she refused to...
View ArticleDid you see laptop thief?
A woman was caught on CCTV stealing a laptop from Currys in Chaul End Lane in Luton. The theft happened on August 16 at about midday when a man entered the store, cut a security wire which set off the...
View ArticleDo you recognise these men?
Police are looking for two men in connection with the theft of fuel from the Shell filling station in Eaton Green Road.The first incident took place at 7.25pm on Saturday August 3 when the offender...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Byzantium, Dead Man Down, Black Rock, Fire With Fire
Unique horror thriller BYZANTIUM (15: Studio Canal) sees Interview With The Vampire director Neil Jordan return to the bloodsucking genre. His tale of two female vampires spending centuries on the run...
View ArticleDo you know the whiskey thieves?
Three people who stole a bottle of whiskey from a Co-Operative store are shown on CCTV images released by Beds Police today. The incident happened at 8.05pm on Sunday June 16 at the Co-op in...
View ArticleVIDEO: Cannabis factory found at house
Police raided a house in Toddington Road, Luton, and found a small number of cannabis plants on Tuesday.A Beds Police spokespersonsaid there were also dogs at the house and the RSPCA had been called to...
View ArticleChemical sprayed in man’s face outside KFC
A man had chemicals sprayed in his face during a confrontation outside KFC in Wigmore Lane. The victim had just attended a funeral when he and some friends went to the restaurant for some food.At about...
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